Michael Thase

Contributing Writer

Dr. Thase is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Since its inception in 1987, he has directed the Depression Treatment and Research Program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, also in Pittsburgh, and is now the chief of adult academic psychiatry. He is also an active clinical investigator whose research focuses on the assessment and treatment of mood disorders. Dr. Thase has received numerous honors in his field, including the Marie Eldredge Award from the American Psychiatric Association. He has co-authored more than 340 scientific articles and book chapters, as well as seven books, and he is the editor-in-chief of Psychopharmacology Bulletin. After graduating from Wright State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Dr. Thase obtained his medical degree at Ohio State University in 1979.